All posts tagged "civil engineering"
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13.0K2Arts and LeisureHelen Metcalf, The Mom Who Founded RISD With Some Leftover Dough
In 1877, a Providence mom named Helen Metcalf persuaded her women’s club to spend money left over from a fair to found...
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29.9K2Politics and MilitaryFort Blunder, America’s Most Embarrassing Gun Battery
The storied gun battery known as Fort Blunder offers a lesson for civil engineers: Before you build, make sure your surveyors know...
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19.2K18MassachusettsThe Legend of the Baldwin Apple
So revered is the Baldwin apple that Massachusetts has not one but two monuments to the bright red winter fruit. For many...
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